Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4 - 5) Title: The Spanish Exploration of AlabamaDescription: In this lesson students will discover the interactions between Spanish explorers and Native American tribes in Alabama. Students will write a paragraph describing how the Native Americans of Alabama might have felt after meeting the Spanish Explorers.

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (4) Title: Constitution Day WordleDescription: Students will draw inferences about the delegates of the Constitutional Congress after watching the video describing the process of creating the Constitution. Students will then follow a link to the Alabama Virtual Library where they will read or listen to an article written about why we celebrate the United States Constitution looking at important details from the text that tell who, what happened, and where and other specific key words from the text. Students will then work independently taking their words gathered from the article and place them in a word cloud using wordle.They will then partner and share paraphrasing the text by explaining the words they chose for their word cloud. This lesson will be taught in one day.

Subject: English Language Arts (4) Title: The Life of a Weird Animal!Description: In this lesson, students will collect facts about a weird animal assigned by the teacher. Based on the information they read, they will create a short story about the life of the weird animal. After they create their story, they will get into partners and read each others story. Based on their partners story, they will use a graphic organizer to determine the main idea and details of the story.

Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (3) Title: A Father's Life at Russell CaveDescription: In this lesson, students will learn about a father's life at Russell Cave and learn about different writing genres.
This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX and the U.S. National Park Service Partnership.Subject: English Language Arts (4), or Technology Education (3 - 5) Title: Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia PollacoDescription: In this lesson, students will read and summarize the book by pages. After publishing, students will use their slides as sequencing exercises. This lesson plan can be adapted for any grade level or book.

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Cyberspace Explorer: Getting to Know Christopher ColumbusAdd BookmarkDescription: Students explore multiple online sources to gather information about the life of Christopher Columbus, complete a cyber scavenger hunt, and use their notes to prepare a timeline and summary report.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 3,4,5

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Find favorite book picks in the Children's Choices.Add BookmarkDescription: Students create lists of their favorite books and then the class creates a '' Top Picks'' class booklist. Students can use the Book Cover Creator to create a book jacket for their favorite book.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: K,1,2,3,4,5,6

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Readers TheatreAdd BookmarkDescription: Students develop scripts, perform, and use their voices to depict characters from texts, giving them the opportunity to develop fluency and further enhance comprehension of what they are reading.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 3,4,5

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Voting! What's It All About?Add BookmarkDescription: Students explore a variety of sources for information about voting. They evaluate the information to determine if it is fact or opinion, and then create a graffiti wall about voting.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 3,4,5

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Using Historical Fiction to Learn About the Civil WarAdd BookmarkDescription: Students in grades 4 and 5 discuss inferential comprehension and visualization as they use a think-aloud questioning strategy to develop a deeper understanding of a historical novel.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 3,4,5

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Wartime Poetry: Working With SimilesAdd BookmarkDescription: Students analyze a photograph, brainstorm words to describe the characters' senses and feelings, work in pairs to describe a character's experience, and create a poem using their ideas and similes.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 3,4,5

Subject: Arts,Language Arts,ScienceTitle: 'Leap, plashless'': Emily Dickinson and Poetic ImaginationAdd BookmarkDescription: In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students read and explore one of Emily Dickinson's nature poems, A Bird came down the Walk--through interaction with other art forms. First, they listen to clips of a hymn to help them hear Dickinson's meter. Then, they view 19th-century bird images and describe what they see, just as a poet would. They observe how a poet plays with language and imagery to create a scene by acting out verse lines. Finally, they write a brief poem of their own, using what they have learned and their own observations.Thinkfinity Partner: EDSITEmentGrade Span: 3,4,5

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: November is National American Indian Heritage Month.Add BookmarkDescription: Students explore Native American heritage through the study of pourquoi tales, write their own original pourquoi tales, and use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press to publish them.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12